Tuesday, April 26, 2016

"SEYMOURHERSH:
The Saudi government was funding—we got him in '06. We learned about
him in 2010. We killed him—we murdered him, really, in 2011. And the
Saudis, for those years didn't—the Pakistanis did not tell us, because
the first person they told that they—when they got him, through the ISI
in '06, and put him in Abbottabad, they may—the first people they told
were the Saudis. Why? Because the Saudis paid a lot of money to the two
generals, and to others, perhaps, to keep it quiet, to keep it from us.
They did not want us getting to bin Laden and talking to him. And I can
tell you, since I've written that—I learned that from Americans—I’ve
learned from ISI people that one of the ways
they move money is they send tankers to us. They send—the Saudis would
send tankers of oil to the Pakistanis for resale. You can reflag any
ship on the ocean. It’s an easy way to move money around. You can change
ownership from Pakistani to Pakistani—from Saudi to Pakistani on the
high sea.AMYGOODMAN: Twenty seconds.SEYMOURHERSH:
So, anyway, it’s a story we didn’t want to push too far publicly. But
we actually—we were never supposed to announce the killing in Pakistan.
They were supposed to take the body out, take it to the Hindu Kush
mountains, and a day—a week or so later, announce that we killed him in a
drone raid. And what the president did that night, because of political
pressure, because of the worries about waiting a week—maybe somebody
else would tell the story—he jumped ahead. It was re-election night. I
guess any president would do that. But he did jump ahead. And he left
Pasha and Kayani—AMYGOODMAN: Five seconds.SEYMOURHERSH: He left our two generals, the two generals in charge of the bombs, hanging. Not a good thing to do."

""Horrified": Seymour Hersh Reacts to Obama's Plan to Send 250 More U.S. Special Ops Troops to Syria":

"AMYGOODMAN: Sy, were you surprised by President Obama’s announcement today in Germany?SEYMOURHERSH:
Horrified. I just don’t think it’s the way to go. I think it’s just
putting us into—you know, as you mentioned in your introduction, we’ve
been doing this war against terror, against an idea, since after 9/11,
you know? And how are we doing, fellas? How’s it going there? You know,
has the amount of opposition to us spread? Has the hatred of America
grown more intense? We are truly a very much hated country in the Middle
East. And it’s partly because of the way we fight our wars—with drone
attacks and a lot of force, the prisons that we did. And Abu Ghraib was
just one of many prisons. And a lot of killing goes on by us, you know.
And here’s how things have changed, for me, anyway. I’m writing the
same kind of stories now about this president, very critical stories,
because, you know, somebody has to hold him to—you know, at least based
on what I think is as good as evidence I’ve ever had in all the stories I
wrote for The New York Times in the '70s. I was there for six,
seven, eight years as a sort of a hotshot there in the Washington
bureau. And I wrote a lot of stories, won a lot of prizes, going after
the president, going after wars, going after Kissinger, writing about
illegal activities. And all of a sudden, the same stories, still
anonymous—I mean, I wrote them anonymously then, and I'm writing them
anonymously now. And some of the people I knew then, believe it or not,
are still operating now. And it’s like, we can’t do that. It’s like the
American press has moved to the right, as many elements in this country,
as you see, when the Sanders case has moved to the left. It’s a much
more outspoken opposition to some of the things we—the way we run
campaigns. And underneath that is—of those people who support Sanders,
also really dislike much more intensely the wars that are going on and
the lies that are being told. But, you know, times have changed."

There is no rational way to understand American actions without Yinon. Of course Yinon is Jewish supremacism, and has nothing whatsoever to do with American national interests.

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"New accusations of antisemitism thrown at the left are flimsy" Very encouraging, and long overdue, development: "New Best Thing Yet: The Holocaust is White Privilege".

Stupid following of the script: "The Real Reason Saudi Arabia Killed Doha". Extremely smart: "Why the Saudi Princes are Panicked"

"The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez: an Interview with Eva Golinger". Leamsy Salazar.

Part of a multi-country program by Barry, Nobel Peace Prize winner and simply the most progressive man who has ever lived: "The Empire of Chaos Strikes Back". While Barry stumbles around wrecking things, the Chinese build their strength through economic development: "Eurasia Silk Road Economic Transformation"

"SEYMOURHERSH:
The Saudi government was funding—we got him in '06. We learned about
him in 2010. We killed him—we murdered him, really, in 2011. And the
Saudis, for those years didn't—the Pakistanis did not tell us, because
the first person they told that they—when they got him, through the ISI
in '06, and put him in Abbottabad, they may—the first people they told
were the Saudis. Why? Because the Saudis paid a lot of money to the two
generals, and to others, perhaps, to keep it quiet, to keep it from us.
They did not want us getting to bin Laden and talking to him. And I can
tell you, since I've written that—I learned that from Americans—I’ve
learned from ISI people that one of the ways
they move money is they send tankers to us. They send—the Saudis would
send tankers of oil to the Pakistanis for resale. You can reflag any
ship on the ocean. It’s an easy way to move money around. You can change
ownership from Pakistani to Pakistani—from Saudi to Pakistani on the
high sea.AMYGOODMAN: Twenty seconds.SEYMOURHERSH:
So, anyway, it’s a story we didn’t want to push too far publicly. But
we actually—we were never supposed to announce the killing in Pakistan.
They were supposed to take the body out, take it to the Hindu Kush
mountains, and a day—a week or so later, announce that we killed him in a
drone raid. And what the president did that night, because of political
pressure, because of the worries about waiting a week—maybe somebody
else would tell the story—he jumped ahead. It was re-election night. I
guess any president would do that. But he did jump ahead. And he left
Pasha and Kayani—AMYGOODMAN: Five seconds.SEYMOURHERSH: He left our two generals, the two generals in charge of the bombs, hanging. Not a good thing to do."

""Horrified": Seymour Hersh Reacts to Obama's Plan to Send 250 More U.S. Special Ops Troops to Syria":

"AMYGOODMAN: Sy, were you surprised by President Obama’s announcement today in Germany?SEYMOURHERSH:
Horrified. I just don’t think it’s the way to go. I think it’s just
putting us into—you know, as you mentioned in your introduction, we’ve
been doing this war against terror, against an idea, since after 9/11,
you know? And how are we doing, fellas? How’s it going there? You know,
has the amount of opposition to us spread? Has the hatred of America
grown more intense? We are truly a very much hated country in the Middle
East. And it’s partly because of the way we fight our wars—with drone
attacks and a lot of force, the prisons that we did. And Abu Ghraib was
just one of many prisons. And a lot of killing goes on by us, you know.
And here’s how things have changed, for me, anyway. I’m writing the
same kind of stories now about this president, very critical stories,
because, you know, somebody has to hold him to—you know, at least based
on what I think is as good as evidence I’ve ever had in all the stories I
wrote for The New York Times in the '70s. I was there for six,
seven, eight years as a sort of a hotshot there in the Washington
bureau. And I wrote a lot of stories, won a lot of prizes, going after
the president, going after wars, going after Kissinger, writing about
illegal activities. And all of a sudden, the same stories, still
anonymous—I mean, I wrote them anonymously then, and I'm writing them
anonymously now. And some of the people I knew then, believe it or not,
are still operating now. And it’s like, we can’t do that. It’s like the
American press has moved to the right, as many elements in this country,
as you see, when the Sanders case has moved to the left. It’s a much
more outspoken opposition to some of the things we—the way we run
campaigns. And underneath that is—of those people who support Sanders,
also really dislike much more intensely the wars that are going on and
the lies that are being told. But, you know, times have changed."

There is no rational way to understand American actions without Yinon. Of course Yinon is Jewish supremacism, and has nothing whatsoever to do with American national interests.

"Unravelling the mystery of the Missing Booksellers" Have the Chinese discovered a cure for Sorositis?

"Human rights complaint filed against Canada Post and federal government over ‘offensive’ newspaper". Warman's business model was wrecked when they changed the wording of human rights legislation, but he's got a new spin. It is going to cost $1000 to mail a letter in Canada as some official is going to have to vet everything that goes through the mail and chuck out everything that doesn't pass the smell test.

"New accusations of antisemitism thrown at the left are flimsy" Very encouraging, and long overdue, development: "New Best Thing Yet: The Holocaust is White Privilege".

Stupid following of the script: "The Real Reason Saudi Arabia Killed Doha". Extremely smart: "Why the Saudi Princes are Panicked"

"The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez: an Interview with Eva Golinger". Leamsy Salazar.

Part of a multi-country program by Barry, Nobel Peace Prize winner and simply the most progressive man who has ever lived: "The Empire of Chaos Strikes Back". While Barry stumbles around wrecking things, the Chinese build their strength through economic development: "Eurasia Silk Road Economic Transformation"